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Unscored CVE-2015-3170 EUVD-2015-3248GHSA-m2mw-q7pj-g3wv

selinux-policy when sysctl fs.protected_hardlinks are set to 0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (SSH login prevention) by cr…

Published Jul 21, 2017 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

selinux-policy when sysctl fs.protected_hardlinks are set to 0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (SSH login prevention) by creating a hardlink to /etc/passwd from a directory named .config, and updating selinux-policy.

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